Shamrih had never had troops to carry out night raids. According to his idea, as long as the attack could be supported by artillery fire, the combat effectiveness of the sailors could completely break through the enemy's defensive positions. But orders are orders, since Belgin gave him
Once the order for a night attack was given, he could only carry it out unconditionally.
In order to ensure the success of the night attack, he personally acted with the second company. He and the commander of the second company, Captain Aglanov, stayed in a bomb crater and watched that the sailors did not line up in skirmish formations like they did in previous attacks.
With rifles attached to bayonets, they walked towards the enemy's position with striding steps and heads held high. Instead, they crawled in groups. In order to prevent being discovered by the enemy, they moved very lightly and tried not to make any noise. Look.
Seeing all this, he couldn't help but sigh softly.
After hearing this, Aglanov asked curiously: "Comrade Battalion Commander, why are you sighing?"
"Captain, look at our soldiers." Shamrih pointed at the crawling commanders and soldiers, and said with a grimace: "I'm afraid this is the first time such a sneaky attack has been carried out."
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander, this is indeed the first time." Agranov said in agreement, and then whispered: "But I have to say that using this tactic to attack, we can reduce the casualties of the troops to
lowest……"
Before Agranov finished speaking, Shamrih suddenly pushed his shoulder and said uneasily: "There seems to be some movement ahead."
"Motion?!" Hearing what Shamrih said, Aglanov couldn't help being shocked: "Did our actions be discovered by the enemy?"
"No, it's not that we were discovered by the enemy, otherwise they would have shot us." Shamrih raised his telescope and looked forward, but because the light was too dark, he could only see the outlines of ruins one after another. What?
He couldn't see clearly. He decisively ordered Aglanov: "Captain, immediately order the soldiers to stop advancing and send two people to conduct reconnaissance first to find out what the noise in the enemy's position is about."
After receiving Shamrih's order, Aglanov climbed out of the crater, first sent a signal to stop the troops' advance, and then ordered two soldiers lying not far away: "You two go to the front to conduct reconnaissance.
We know what happened to the German positions."
Watching the two soldiers on a reconnaissance mission disappear into the darkness, Shamrich said to Aglanov: "Comrade Captain, let the soldiers prepare for battle. Once we are discovered by the Germans, it will be necessary to launch a strong attack."
tactics."
After waiting for about five minutes, a soldier sent out for reconnaissance crawled back and reported to Shamrih: "Comrade Battalion Commander, the enemy is withdrawing from the position and moving to the west."
"What, the enemy is retreating?" When Aglanov heard the soldier's report, his first reaction was that the other party had made a mistake, and he quickly asked: "You read it correctly, right?"
"You can't be wrong, Comrade Company Commander." The soldier reported excitedly: "The enemy is not only withdrawing from the factory, but even the enemies staying in the trenches outside the factory are also withdrawing one after another. What we heard
The noise was caused by the enemy during their retreat."
"Comrade battalion commander, the division commander is really good at predicting things. He said that the enemy was going to retreat, and now he has actually begun to retreat." After confirming that the Germans had begun to retreat, Aglanov became excited: "Since the enemy has begun to retreat,
Then let's take action immediately and catch the enemy by surprise."
Aglanov's proposal made Shamrich's heart beat. He felt that since the enemy had begun to retreat, he could devote all his strength to the attack, so he nodded, called a communications soldier, and told him to say
: "Go back immediately and inform the deputy battalion commander. Except for a few people who have left their positions, send me the first and third companies."
The communications soldier agreed, and when he got up and was about to run away, he was stopped by Shamrih again. He felt that since he was going to devote all his troops to the attack, he must establish contact with the rear, so he told the communications soldier: "
Also, try to find a way to connect a phone line so that we can contact the regiment headquarters in time."
The Second Battalion, which was responsible for the attack due west of the factory area, also discovered that the enemy was retreating while approaching the enemy's position. Captain Golia, the commander of the Second Battalion who led the attack, immediately reported the situation to the battalion commander Briskey through the phone he carried.
Report.
After listening to Golia's report, Briski asked emotionally: "Comrade Deputy Battalion Commander, are you really sure that the enemy is retreating?"
"Yes, Comrade Battalion Commander." Golia replied according to the regulations: "I sent two groups of scouts to conduct reconnaissance, and both got the same results."
"Very good, this is great." When he learned that the enemy had begun to retreat, Briski became excited: "You should follow the original plan and quietly approach the enemy's position. I will report the situation here to the regiment commander and wait for him.
further orders."
After Briski ended the call with Goliya, he immediately contacted Belkin and reported excitedly: "Comrade Commander, I have some good news for you. The enemy has begun to retreat."
"The enemy has begun to retreat?" Belkin was stunned when he heard the news, and then asked: "Is it a full-line retreat, or is it the direction of your second battalion?"
Belkin's question stopped Briski. After a long time, he murmured: "Comrade commander, I haven't contacted the troops on the left and right wings yet. I don't know whether the enemy is retreating across the board or whether
Only the area our battalion is responsible for will retreat."
"Okay, let your soldiers prepare for battle." After Belkin finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Briski to speak again, and then ordered the chief of staff, Captain Vanya: "Comrade Chief of Staff
, immediately get in touch with the 1st Battalion, Marine Battalion, and ask them what the enemy situation is there?"
"Yes! I immediately contacted the commanders of the other two battalions." Vanya agreed loudly, then picked up the phone on the table and started to contact the first battalion and the Marine Battalion.
"Comrade Commander, has the enemy really begun to retreat?" Dmitri, the political commissar of the regiment, asked with a somewhat rapid breathing: "So, we are going to win the battle to defend the city?"
"Comrade Political Commissar, it's still too early to say victory." Belkin looked at Dmitri and said, "Our current task is to take advantage of the enemy's retreat to strike them hard and remove them from their hands.
Retake those lost positions. At the same time, pin them firmly in the factory area so that they cannot mobilize troops to reinforce the areas attacked by our army..."
Before Belkin finished speaking, a series of explosions came from outside. Through the hole in the wall, Belkin looked at the fire in the distance and asked in confusion: "What is going on outside? Why are there only explosions?"
, and there is no gunfire?”
Vanya put down the phone, walked to the cave, raised a telescope and looked at it for a while, then turned around and said to Belkin in surprise: "Comrade leader, I understand, this explosion is the enemy stepping on a mine." Without waiting for goodbye.
Erjin asked, and he took the initiative to say, "You should remember that before the division commander left us, he asked the engineer comrades to find a way to relocate the mines laid by the enemy. It should be that the enemy stepped on the mines laid by our engineers during the retreat.
Mines.”
"This is really wonderful." When Dmitri heard this, he said with a smile: "Using German mines to blow up the enemy. This move of the division commander is really wonderful."
Belkin did not speak after hearing this, but just nodded. Then he stood up and walked to the hole, took the telescope from Vanya's hand, and looked forward. With the help of the light from the distant fire, he saw the figures fleeing in all directions.
.He couldn't help but turn the telescope to the defense area of the 138th Division, wanting to see what movement they had.
Unfortunately, after watching for a while, he didn't see any movement on the defensive position. Just when Belkin sighed, feeling disappointed with Lyudnikov's division, and felt that they had missed such a good opportunity in vain, he suddenly saw Dong
On the battlefield above, a series of large and small flashes of light appeared.
After the flash, the roar of artillery was heard. Vanya, who was standing aside, understood what was going on in an instant. He said excitedly: "Comrade commander, it's the artillery, the artillery of the 138th Division is firing."
"Actually, even if Vanya didn't say anything, Belkin could quickly figure out who was firing the artillery. After all, in the entire barricade factory, only the 138th Division had an incomplete artillery regiment.
Artillery shells flew like raindrops towards the retreating German troops, exploding in the chaotic and crowded queues that had stepped on landmines. Because the German army's formation was too dense, every falling artillery shell could cause huge casualties to them.
.Amid the bursts of screams, the originally chaotic troops became even more chaotic. The surviving German soldiers began to flee in all directions to avoid the Soviet artillery fire.
The sound of artillery made the entire factory area red, and Lyudnikov, who was staying in the headquarters, was alarmed. He stood up and found a position that was conducive to observation. He raised his telescope to look at the location where the shells fell, and ordered his chief of staff to
: "Chief of Staff, call the artillery regiment and ask them why they fired the artillery?"
The chief of staff quickly got the answer from the artillery regiment commander, Major Savage, and quickly reported to Lyudnikov: "Report to comrade division commander, Major Savage reported that they heard an explosion from outside, so they
Carefully observing the direction from which the movement came, he found that the enemy was retreating. Because time was tight, he had no time to ask for instructions, so he ordered all the artillery to fire."
"This guy actually dares to make the decision without permission." After listening to the chief of staff's report, Lyudnikov gritted his teeth and said, "He didn't even say hello to me, but ordered the artillery to fire without permission. I will never forgive him.
.”
"Comrade Commander," Titov heard what Lyudnikov said and was worried that he would punish Savage, so he came out to smooth things over: "Major Savage is good at seizing the opportunity to eliminate the enemy's effective forces. This should be praised.
.However, their artillery shells are limited, so I’m afraid the bombardment won’t last long. Please make an idea as soon as possible about what we should do next.”
Lyudnikov originally planned to wait until dawn before deciding whether to follow the orders of his superiors to launch a counterattack against the enemy. However, Major Savage's unauthorized firing of artillery disrupted his plan and put him in a dilemma. At this moment, he heard the political commissar Ji
Tov asked him to make up his mind quickly. After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and shouted to the chief of staff: "Chief of staff, record my order!"
After the chief of staff agreed, he came to Lyudnikov and waited for him to issue an order. Seeing that the chief of staff was in place, Lyudnikov began to dictate the order: "The 544th Regiment will hold its current position, and the 650th and 650th Regiments will
The 768th Regiment launched a full-scale attack on the German army."
Due to the obstruction and distance of the buildings, the artillery regiment's artillery fire could only bombard enemies in the west and northwest directions. However, it was more than enough for the Soviet commanders and fighters who were about to launch a counterattack.
Shortly after the bombardment started, the 1st and 3rd companies of the Marine Corps Battalion left their defensive positions one after another and rushed to join Shamrih. Seeing that the main force of the entire battalion had arrived, Shamrih jumped out of the crater and used his gun holding a pistol.
With his right hand, he pointed towards the location where flames and explosions appeared from time to time, and shouted loudly: "Brothers, sailors, the day for our counterattack has finally come. Follow me and destroy every enemy you see, at full speed.
go ahead!"
Seeing the battalion commander taking the lead in the charge, all the sailors had high morale. They held their guns and imitated the battalion commander's appearance, shouting: "Full speed ahead!"
The few remaining German soldiers on the distant position were already frightened when they saw the retreating troops being shelled. Now they were even more frightened when they heard the shouts from the front of the position. They raised their weapons and started shouting.
They shot aimlessly in the direction of the sound. They never thought about whether they could focus on the target by firing randomly like this. They just wanted to embolden themselves through the dense gunfire.
The uniforms of the sailors are different from those of the army. Their black uniforms can provide better concealment when attacking at night. There were only a few German soldiers left on the front position, and they were scared away, so they fought randomly.
It did not cause many casualties to the attacking sailors.
The sailors with high morale quickly approached the enemy's position. After throwing a row of grenades into the trench, except for a few sailors who entered the trench to clear out the remaining enemies, the remaining soldiers jumped over the trench one after another and headed towards the distance under the artillery fire.
The enemy fell into confusion and rushed away.
Some German soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the artillery fire met the rushing sailors head-on. Some were so frightened that they turned around and fled towards the area being bombarded, while others bravely rushed forward with guns in hand.
Trying to survive is a life-and-death struggle.
When it comes to bayonet fighting, the Soviet army's level is better than that of the German army. In addition, the sailors who rush up are elite, so their level of bayonet fighting is even higher. They have a high level of bayonet fighting and have a numerical advantage.
In just a minute or two, the German soldiers who fought with their bayonets were all stabbed by the sailors' bayonets into broken sacks with blood flowing everywhere, and without exception they fell into a pool of blood.
When Shamrih continued to charge forward with the soldiers, the deputy battalion commander who was caught up from behind also saw and stopped: "Comrade battalion commander, order the soldiers to stop advancing and not to rush forward any more."
"Why?" Shamrih asked.
"Further ahead is the shelling area of our army." Yakuda said breathlessly: "It's not worth being killed by one's own shells."